Barrmill railway station

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Barrmill
Location
Place	Barrmill
County	Ayrshire
Operations
Original company	Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway
Pre-grouping company	Caledonian and Glasgow & South Western Railways
Platforms	2
History
Key dates	Opened 26 June 1873
	Closed 5 November 1962
Disused railway stations in Scotland
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D-F G H-J K-L M-O P-R S T-Z

Barrmill railway station was a railway station serving the village of Barrmill, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The station was originally part of the Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway.

[edit] History

The station opened on 26 June 1873 and closed permanently on 5 November 1962, although the line was used for freight services to Beith until 1964.

Today the line to Beith (now singled) is still in existence until just before the site of Barrmill station, where it then heads south along the route of the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway until it reaches RNAD Beith. The station site has been redeveloped into a housing estate.

[edit] References

• Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford.
• Stansfield, G. (1999). Ayrshire & Renfrewshire's Lost Railways, Stenlake Publishing, Catrine.

Preceding station	Historical Railways			Following station
Beith Town Line and station closed		Caledonian and Glasgow & South Western Railways  Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway		Lugton Line and station closed